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No. 284,741. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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WILLIAM H. ISLEY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEIV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOFREDERICK A. HOELAND, OF SAME PLACE.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,741, datedSeptember 11, 1883 Application filed July 31, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. IsLEY, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain Improvements inAwnings, of which the following is a specification. r

7 This invention relates to awnings for store fronts and similar use;and the invention consists in certain details of construction and com-10 binations of devices, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the awning extended for use.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 00 x of Fig. 1; Fig.

1 I 5 8, a longitudinal section of the roller, and Fig.

4 aplan view of devices for extending and retracting the awning.

To construct an awning on my plan, I provide an extensible frameconsisting of two lazytongs, B, one at each side, which are connected attheir upper edges by a series of transverse rods or bars, 6, as shown inFig. 2 and by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the ends of these rods 6 formingthe journals for the joints at those points, as shown in Fig. 2. Thelazy-tongs will be made of light flat bars, and the crossrods 6 may bemade of gas-pipe; or they may be wooden bars, having metallic piecesattached to their ends to form the journals, in order to 0 render theframe as light as possible. The ob ject of these cross-bars is to unitethe lazytongs or extensible frames at each side, thus holding them inplace and rendering the frame more rigid and less liable to be swayed or3 5 moved about by the wind, and also to support the awning. Each pairof the lazy-tongs B is pivoted to a bracket, a, secured rigidly to thebuilding, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, while the inner end of thecorresponding arm, b, is pro- 0 vided with a roller, a, whichworks in agroove in a-plate, O, secured to the wall of the building A, as shown.In the drawings I have shown this groove or track for the roller asbeing formed by two projecting ribs; but it may 5 be formed by adepression or groove in the plate, if preferred, the object being toguide the arm b in a vertical line and prevent it from being moved ordisplaced laterally. This guide, in connection with the cross-rods e,enables the frame to be made very light, and still have the requisitestrength and rigidity, and also enables it to be extended and retractedwithout binding or difficulty.

In order to operate the frame, I connect a bar or rod, D, with thecross-rod e nearestthe building, and extend it throughthe wall, ifdesired, its opposite end being piuoted to a lever, L, as shown in Fig.2, so that by operating said lever the frame maybe extended or retractedat will. owing to the peculiar construction of the frame, ashereinbefore described, may be located at either side of the door, oreven at either eX- treme side of the frame, and still be made to operateit perfectly. Instead of arranging the lever vertically, as shown inFig. 2, it may be arranged horizontally, as shown in Fig. 4:, and bepivoted to the ceiling in the recess over the door'in case there be suchrecess on the outside, or, if not, theninside of the building, and'beoperated by cords h, attached to its opposite ends, said cordspassing over pulleys t, as shown, and thence down behind the doors,where they will be out of the way and still be accessible. In some casesit may be desirable, on account of the internal arrangement of the room,to attach both cords h to one end of the lever L, in which case the twopulleys twill be arranged on opposite sides of that end of the lever, sothat by pulling on one cord the 89 frame will be extended, and bypulling on the other it will be folded or retracted, the arrange ment ofthe cords and pulleys of course being varied as may be'neeessary toadapt them to the circumstances of each particular case, and 1 which canreadily be done by any person accustomed to putting up awnings.

The covering or canvas II will be prepared in the usual manner, it beingsecured to the outer cross-bar, e, and its inner end being se- 0 curedto a roller, I, journaled in brackets (I just above the brackets c, asshown inFigs. 1 and '2. This roller I should either be provided with aspring to cause it to rotate similar to the spring curtain-rollers ingeneral use, as 5 indicated in Fig. 3, so as to automatically wind thecanvas H upon the roller I when the frame -is retracted, or it may beprovided with a This lever, with its red D, 60 g weight, n, for thatpurpose, as may be preferred. In Fig. 2 I have shown the weight n asbeing .located within the building and connected by a cord, f, to theroller I,'said cord passing over a pulley, l, and thence through thewall, the weight n preferably being inclosed in a box or casing, asshown. I prefer to use a weight, because the power which it will exertupon the roller will be uniform, whereas the spring will be constantlyvarying in its tension as the frame with the canvas is extended orretracted. The spring or weight should be adjusted so as to exertonlysuch force as may be necessary to wind up the canvas, as whateverexcess of force there might be would have to be overcome in extendingthe frame, and would also tend to retract the frame. \Vhile I haverepresented the weight n as being located within the building, it isobvious that it may be arranged on the outside, if desired, and, incases where there is an area or vault for it to pass down into, it maybe desirable to so arrange it, that being a matter of choice orconvenience merely.

In order to protect the canvas H from the weather I place a cover, E,over the roll, as shown in Fig. 2, wherein it is represented as beingmade of a strip of sheet metal of suitable width, and so curved as tofit over the roller I, with its inner edge secured to the building,there being just space enough below its outer edge to permit the canvasto pass under it without contact; or, if preferred, the cornice alongthe front of the building at that point may be constructed to form acover or protection. This curved cover is specially adapted to beapplied to buildings already erected to which the awning is to beapplied, and where no provision has previously been made for it.

By this construction and arrangement of the various parts and devices Iam enabled to produce an awning that operates successfully, and that canbe extended or retracted either from without or within the building, andin which the awning, when not in use, is thoroughly pro-v tected fromthe weather.

It is obvious that, if desired, a cord, 1, may be arranged on theoutside, as shown in Fig. 2, by which the roller I can be rotated, andby winding up the canvas be made to fold up the frame at the same time.This plan will be used in those cases where for any reason it is notconvenient or desirable to use the lever, or to have any of the partsextended within the building, as may sometimes be the case.

Having thus fully described my'invention, what I claim is 1. Anextensible frame for awnings, consisting of two or morelazy'tongs, B,connected by a series of cross bars or rods, e, arranged intermediatebetween the inner and outer ends of the lazytongs, substantially asdescribed.

2. In an awning-frame, the lazy-tongs B, having the free end of theirinner arms, 1 provided with a roller, a, in combination with the plates0, arranged to operate substantially as set'forth.

3. In combination with an extensible awning-frame constructed asdescribed, the rod D and lever L foroperating the same, as set forth.

4. In combination with the extensible frame and lever L for operatingthe same, the roller I, provided with the internal spring and the canvasI-I,- all arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM H. ISLEY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. BAILL, FREDERICK KRUGER.

